Chapter 598 (2/2)

The advantages of turning a human into an undead were strong reasoning and the ability to talk. The undead, who were usually too mentally deranged to carry out complex missions, could be transformed into fearsome and powerful soldiers by having human thoughts.

However, he said that those who became undead must sleep in a coffin during normal times because their bodies and minds would gradually deteriorate over time.

The coffin also had a powerful concealment effect, so powerful undead could be hidden inside their luggage and be transported. In some cases, it was even possible to carry them close to the heart of the enemy country without being detected.

The Wight King we had just defeated was said to be one of the few remaining top-level forces in the Black Skeleton Army. When we mentioned Weena Rhyn’s name before, they must have seen us as a possible enemy. Well, we killed it instantly though.

However, the Scarlet Waterweed medicine was more important than the undead right now.

「What is your purpose? What are you going to do with the Scarlet Waterweed medicine?」

「Z-Zelyse hasn’t told us his main goal! He just asked us to mass-produce the Scarlet Waterweed medicine!」

「Where are you sending that Scarlet Waterweed medicine?」

「N-nowhere…」

「Nn?」

『Huh?』

What does that mean? Aren’t they trying to make Scarlet Waterweed medicine and use it for something?

However, Gregory told us that the Scarlet Waterweed medicine was still stored in large quantities in the ship’s warehouses.

He said that all of them were left here except for those that were distributed for domestic use.

They assumed that it would eventually be transported somewhere else, but the situation had remained the same for over a year now.

(But why? Isn’t their purpose is to get the Scarlet Waterweed medicine?)

『Well, I don’t know about it either… Besides, I don’t even understand the connection between the fact that these guys are from the Raidos Kingdom and are working under Zelyse’s orders and the anomaly in the lake』

We thought that the anomaly was caused by something that the Mesther Merchant Association had done. In fact, we thought that the Scarlet Waterweed medicine had been misused in some way to cause the current anomaly.

But was that really the case?

「Did you know that there’s been some kind of anomaly in the lake?」

「Y-yes」

「Are you guys the ones behind it?」

「T-that’s outrageous! There’s no way we could do something that big!」

『For real? But this guy seems to be serious』

Was it just that Gregory didn’t know about it? Or did they really have nothing to do with it?

『Fran, It seems we need to get Zelyse to talk, even if we have to force him to』

(Nn)

Fran then asked Gregory where Zelyse was.

「T-the atelier! He should be in the Scarlet Waterweed medicine making atelier!」